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August 30, 2004 - Orlando Bloom is facing the wrath of girlfriend Kate Bosworth after he refused to stop spending so much time with newly single Kirsten Dunst. Kirsten and Orlando are currently filming "Elizabethtown" in Kentucky, but Kate is concerned that Kirsten is taking up all of Orlando's spare time. An insider said Kate told Orlando to stop spending so much time with her for the sake of their relationship, but Orlando said that Kirsten is a friend coping with a breakup and needs him right now.

August 30, 2004 - Orlando Bloom was photographed riding a mini motorcycle during a break from filming 'Elizabethtown' in Pomona, California on Wednesday (August 25). Check out pictures from RexFeatures.

August 30, 2004 - Us Weekly reports Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth were spotted at a park in Lauren Canyon with their adopted dog obtained in Morocco. "They were very cute - hugging as their dog ran around," a witness said.

August 23, 2004 - Actor Johnny Messner doesn't think Orlando Bloom is very macho. "Orlando Bloom's a hermaphrodite," Messner told the Ottawa Citizen. Read more.

August 9, 2004 - In Touch reports that Orlando Bloom was spotted passionately kissing his girlfriend Kate Bosworth at a park in Seattle. "Teenagers were screaming his name, but he never seemed to notice them," a spy revealed.

August 2, 2004 - The Sun reports that though Orlando Bloom has starred in 'Troy', 'The Lord Of The Rings' and 'Pirates Of The Caribbean', it took his mother to make him realize he had hit the big time. "The first time I knew I was famous was when my mum told me she had flown to New Zealand in a plane with my face on the side," he said.

August 2, 2004 - Brad Pitt has been voted the world's sexiest man for the first time by Company magazine at the age of 40. Orlando Bloom came in second. Read more.

August 2, 2004 - Us Weekly reports that on July 5th, Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth went for a walk through Louisville, Kentucky with their dog and then had a simple lunch at a local diner. The couple "were always smiling and laughing" during their walk, a witness revealed. Bloom is in the city to film 'Elizabethtown'.

July 19, 2004 - The Stranger reports that Orlando Bloom was seen in West Seattle last week three times. Sometimes in a perhaps romantic situation with a mysterious, but "very Irish looking," woman. "I was walking at Constellation Park," an onlooker reported. "Orlando was with a really gorgeous woman. He was very sweet and signed an autograph on my niece's T-shirt with her lip liner. He said he was in town meeting some director." Orlando was spotted twice more: Again in West Seattle's Beach Drive area, then browsing a used-book store, again in the company of the mystery woman.

July 12, 2004 - Orlando Bloom's ad for the Union of Concerned Scientists: "Not Cool - Temperatures are rising thanks to global warming. That means we can expect more frequent heatwaves along with increased air pollution, smog and infectious diseases. The number of deaths from global warming are expected to double over the next 15 years. It's time to do something. Now. Global warming isn't cool. Stopping it is." Read more.

July 2, 2004 - In Touch Weekly confirmed the report that Orlando Bloom is wearing phoney chest hair in 'Kingdom of Heaven'. They also want him to beef up, but Bloom won't binge. "I could do that, but it would be the wrong sort of weight gain," he said. "And I imagine I wouldn't feel that great."

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